Wednesday, January 16, 2008 | By Biz Stone (@biz) [19:03 UTC]
Despite the fact that Twitter is in English, we continue to see exciting growth from all over the world. Japan, in particular shows a very strong and growing demand for Twitter services. Movatwitter and Twitterpod are great examples.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 | By Biz Stone (@biz) [22:38 UTC]
One week ago we announced the hiring of Lee Mighdoll as Vice President of Engineering and Operations. Lee’s immediate goal is to help turn Twitter into a reliable communication network that people all over the world can depend on every day.
The challenge facing Lee and our entire Twitter team was highlighted this morning during Steve Jobs’ keynote address.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 | By Jack (@jack) [17:10 UTC]
Twitter is currently experiencing some slowness related to the massive number of updates around Steve Job’s keynote at MacWorld. We’re working on it and will keep you updated!
Thursday, January 10, 2008 | By Biz Stone (@biz) [03:49 UTC]
Politweets tracks US presidential candidate popularity by finding and displaying mentions of candidates as they are created on Twitter. The mentions are separated by Democrat on the left and Republican on the right — naturally.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008 | By Biz Stone (@biz) [02:35 UTC]
We’re proud to announce that Twitter has hired top software industry talent Lee Mighdoll. Lee will lead our growing engineering and operations team here at Twitter HQ. Hiring Lee underscores our commitment to building a world class social messaging utility.
Friday, January 4, 2008 | By Biz Stone (@biz) [17:52 UTC]
If your plans are going awry due to this big storm we’re having in California right now, W. David Stephenson has a tip: “Use Twitter text messages to let all your family and friends — and the world, for that matter — know what’s happening, instead of making voice calls on your cell phone.”